Privacy
Brave browser adds advanced ad-blocking feature to its iOS app
Users can now block regional ads, cookie notices, and other annoyances.
South Korea plots digital ID system
Blockchain-based.
Germany fines Telegram $5M
For allegedly ignoring German law and takedown orders.
Palm print payments are rolling out in China and the US
Slow rollout of invasive tech led by WeChat in China and Amazon in the US.
IMF ponders ways to end people’s hesitancy to move away to cash
Towards a digital-only future.
IMF meeting: CBDC should be tied to digital IDs to “push society into to new equilibriums”
Massive privacy concerns.
Members
EU news websites: ‘Pay us or we’ll track you’
Controversial cookie paywalls.
IMF praises India’s controversial digital ID system, Aadhaar
Praising digital access systems.
IMF’s deputy managing director Bo Li lauds CBDC’s ability to control what people buy
Central control of what people are allowed to buy and who is allowed to spend.
10 PayPal alternatives – for privacy or free speech
Some alternatives to the financial technology giants that harvest data and censor users.
Japan will link health insurance and drivers licenses to digital ID
Further privacy concerns.